The Big Knife

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American film drama film film film noir

The Big Knife is a 1955 American film noir drama that critiques the moral corruption of Hollywood through the story of a conflicted movie star trapped by a ruthless studio system.

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Label Occurrences
The Big Knife canonical 8
The Big Knife (play) 1
The Big Knife (stage performance) 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American film ⓘ
drama film ⓘ
film ⓘ
film noir ⓘ
awardReceived Silver Lion ⓘ
basedOn The Big Knife self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Big Knife (play)
basedOnWorkAuthor Clifford Odets ⓘ
character Charlie Castle ⓘ
Marion Castle ⓘ
Nat Danziger ⓘ
Patty Benedict ⓘ
Stanley Shriner Hoff ⓘ
cinematographyBy Ernest Laszlo ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Robert Aldrich ⓘ
distributor United Artists ⓘ
editedBy Alan Crosland Jr. ⓘ
filmFormat black-and-white film ⓘ
genre drama film ⓘ
film noir ⓘ
satire ⓘ
hasTheme blackmail ⓘ
conflict between art and commerce ⓘ
marital conflict ⓘ
personal integrity ⓘ
mainSubject Hollywood ⓘ
surface form: Hollywood film industry

moral corruption ⓘ
studio system ⓘ
motionPictureRating Approved ⓘ
musicBy Frank De Vol ⓘ
narrativeLocation Hollywood ⓘ
Los Angeles ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
presentedAt Venice Film Festival ⓘ
producer Robert Aldrich ⓘ
productionCompany The Associates & Aldrich Company ⓘ
surface form: The Associates and Aldrich Company
publicationDate 1955-09-25 ⓘ
releaseYear 1955 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 111 ⓘ
screenwriter James Poe ⓘ
setInPeriod 1950s ⓘ
starring Everett Sloane ⓘ
Ida Lupino ⓘ
Jack Palance ⓘ
Jean Hagen ⓘ
Rod Steiger ⓘ
Shelley Winters ⓘ
Wendell Corey ⓘ

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Robert Aldrich → notableWork → The Big Knife ⓘ
Robert Aldrich → directed → The Big Knife ⓘ
Rod Steiger → notableWork → The Big Knife ⓘ
Jack Palance → notableWork → The Big Knife ⓘ
Everett Sloane → notableWork → The Big Knife ⓘ
Everett Sloane → appearedIn → The Big Knife ⓘ
The Big Knife → basedOn → The Big Knife self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Big Knife (play)
Jeremy Shamos → notableWork → The Big Knife ⓘ
Clifford Odets → notableWork → The Big Knife ⓘ
Luther Adler → notableWork → The Big Knife ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Big Knife (stage performance)